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Towards accident-free yuletide:  We’ll deal with reckless drivers!!  …transport operators warn

Towards accident-free yuletide: We’ll deal with reckless drivers!! …transport operators warn

Transport operators in Accra have cautioned their drivers against indis­cipline and reckless driving, especially during the Christmas and New Year festivities, or face sanctions, includ­ing suspension and dismissal. According to the operators, the decision to go hard at indisci­plined and reckless drivers was to help reduce and, to a large extent, prevent road accidents, which have become a regular feature of such celebrations. Also, the operators said they had instituted monitoring measures to check the use of hard drugs by the drivers. In one of the separate interviews the Ghanaian Times conducted in Accra yesterday, the Manager of O.A Travel and Tour,…
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Transport Ministry Backs Proposal To Increase Domestic Airport Tax

Transport Ministry Backs Proposal To Increase Domestic Airport Tax

Deputy Minister for Transport, Hassan Tampuli, says his outfit will back the proposal by the Ghana Airports Company Limited for an upward review of the Domestic Airport Passenger Service Charge (APSC). He noted that the infrastructure developments being undertaken at the regional airports were enough justification for pursuing the review, so that Kotoka International Airport (KIA) is relieved of the burden of subsidising the operations of regional airports in Ghana. He made these comments at the 8th Annual General Meeting of GACL held at Kotoka International Airport. For 2022, the GH¢5 charged to each domestic passenger for the use of…
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“Ghana Is A Haven Of Peace, Investments Are Protected” – President Akufo-Addo To Spanish Investors

“Ghana Is A Haven Of Peace, Investments Are Protected” – President Akufo-Addo To Spanish Investors

“As most of you know, Ghana is a haven of peace, security and stability, indeed, the safest country in West Africa, where legitimate investments are protected. We have witnessed, through the ballot box, three (3) peaceful transfers of power from one political party to another in the twenty-eight (28) year period of the 4th Republic.” These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, when he addressed the business community in Spain, as part of the “Focus Africa 2023” Conference in Madrid, Spain. Addressing the business meeting, the President told the gathering that, between 2017 to 2020, his first…
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